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Best Arts and Humanities (all) journals

175 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Arts and Humanities (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 44 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Archaeological Research 11.3 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
2 Life Medicine 6.1 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 5.7 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
4 China Information 4.6 98th Q1 SSCI B No
5 Journal of Aging Studies 3.8 97th Q1 SSCI – No
6 SAGE Open 3.5 96th Q1 SSCI – Yes
7 Antiquity 3.3 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
8 Al-Jami'ah 3.2 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Arts and the Market 3 95th Q1 ESCI C No
10 Critical Inquiry 2.5 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
11 Polar Journal 2.5 94th Q1 ESCI – No
12 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 2.3 93rd Q1 AHCI – No
13 Critical African Studies 2.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
14 Cogent Arts and Humanities 2.1 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Knowledge and Space 2 91st Q1 – – No
16 SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research 1.9 91st Q1 ESCI – No
17 International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing 1.8 90th Q1 AHCI – No
18 OBETS 1.7 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 South Asia Research 1.7 89th Q1 ESCI – No
20 Latin American Research Review 1.7 88th Q1 SSCI – Yes
21 Journal of the History of Economic Thought 1.6 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
22 New Global Studies 1.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
23 Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 1.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
24 International Journal of Islamic Thought 1.5 86th Q1 ESCI – No
25 Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1.5 86th Q1 AHCI – No
26 International Journal of Education Through Art 1.5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
27 Digital Humanities Quarterly 1.5 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Social Analysis 1.4 84th Q1 SSCI – Yes
29 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 1.4 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
30 International Journal of Asian Studies 1.4 83rd Q1 AHCI B No
31 Acta Academica 1.4 82nd Q1 – – Yes
32 Open Cultural Studies 1.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Law, Ethics and Technology 1.3 81st Q1 – – No
34 Representations 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
35 South Asian History and Culture 1.3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences 1.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
37 Trames 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
38 Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education 1.2 78th Q1 ESCI – No
39 Iran 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
40 Peace Review 1.2 77th Q1 ESCI – No
41 Journal of Open Humanities Data 1.2 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Korea Observer 1.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
43 Open Library of Humanities 1.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Palabra Clave 1.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Africa Today 1 74th Q2 – – No
46 Sound Studies 1 74th Q2 ESCI – No
47 Wacana 1 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 0.9 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
49 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 0.9 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
50 Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 0.9 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
51 Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture 0.9 71st Q2 AHCI – No
52 Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8, Uralic and Central Asian Studies 0.9 70th Q2 – – No
53 Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 0.8 70th Q2 – – No
54 Global Journal Al-Thaqafah 0.8 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
55 International Journal of Humanities Education 0.8 68th Q2 – – No
56 Journal of Aesthetic Education 0.8 68th Q2 AHCI – No
57 Classical Receptions Journal 0.8 67th Q2 AHCI – No
58 Centro Journal 0.7 67th Q2 – – No
59 Umanistica Digitale 0.7 66th Q2 – – Yes
60 Arbor 0.6 66th Q2 AHCI – Yes
61 Imago Mundi 0.6 65th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
62 Bilig 0.6 64th Q2 SSCI – No
63 Iberoamericana - Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 0.6 64th Q2 – – Yes
64 Central Europe 0.6 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
65 Journal of American Studies 0.6 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
66 International Journal of the Classical Tradition 0.6 62nd Q2 AHCI – No
67 Strategic Design Research Journal 0.6 62nd Q2 – – No
68 Manusya 0.6 61st Q2 – – No
69 Asparkia 0.6 60th Q2 – – Yes
70 Digital Studies/ Le Champ Numerique 0.6 60th Q2 – – Yes
71 Dutch Crossing 0.6 59th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
72 Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 0.6 59th Q2 ESCI – No
73 Transcultural Studies 0.6 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
74 Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 0.5 58th Q2 – C No
75 Greece and Rome 0.5 57th Q2 AHCI – No
76 Asian and African Studies 0.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Universum 0.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
78 History of Humanities 0.5 55th Q2 – – No
79 Journal of Contemporary Iraq and the Arab World 0.5 55th Q2 – – No
80 Women's Studies 0.5 54th Q2 AHCI – No
81 Ancient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 0.5 53rd Q2 – – No
82 Convergencias: Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes 0.5 53rd Q2 – – Yes
83 New German Critique 0.5 53rd Q2 AHCI – No
84 Utopian Studies 0.5 52nd Q2 AHCI – No
85 Andamios 0.5 51st Q2 SSCI – No
86 Studia Orientalia Slovaca 0.5 51st Q2 – – No
87 Humanities (Switzerland) 0.5 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Oceanide 0.5 50th Q2 – – No
89 Estudios Irlandeses 0.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
90 Environment, Space, Place 0.5 48th Q3 – – No
91 Revista de Humanidades (SPAIN) 0.4 48th Q3 ESCI – No
92 Evolution Psychiatrique 0.4 47th Q3 SSCI – No
93 Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 0.4 47th Q3 ESCI – No
94 Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 0.4 46th Q3 SSCI – No
95 Verge: Studies in Global Asias 0.4 46th Q3 ESCI – No
96 Logos (Lithuania) 0.4 45th Q3 AHCI – No
97 Acta Koreana 0.4 44th Q3 AHCI – No
98 Comparative American Studies 0.4 44th Q3 ESCI – No
99 Clio. Revista de Historia, Ciencias Humanas y Pensamiento Critico. 0.4 43rd Q3 – – Yes
100 Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines 0.4 43rd Q3 – – Yes
101 Culturales 0.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
102 Milli Folklor 0.4 42nd Q3 AHCI – No
103 IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies 0.4 41st Q3 – – Yes
104 International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies 0.4 40th Q3 – – No
105 Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture 0.4 40th Q3 – – No
106 Ars et Humanitas 0.3 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
107 Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 0.3 39th Q3 AHCI – No
108 Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 0.3 38th Q3 – – Yes
109 Catholic Historical Review 0.3 38th Q3 AHCI – No
110 Culture Crossroads 0.3 37th Q3 – – No
111 European Journal of Korean Studies 0.3 36th Q3 ESCI – No
112 Turk Kulturu ve Haci Bektas Veli - Arastirma Dergisi 0.3 36th Q3 – – No
113 Australasian Review of African Studies 0.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
114 Avant 0.3 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
115 Parergon 0.3 34th Q3 AHCI – No
116 Sociedade e Cultura 0.3 34th Q3 – – No
117 Eire-Ireland; a journal of Irish studies 0.3 33rd Q3 AHCI – No
118 Colloquia Humanistica 0.3 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Journal of the American Oriental Society 0.3 32nd Q3 AHCI – No
120 Atenea 0.3 31st Q3 AHCI – No
121 Eighteenth-Century Ireland 0.3 31st Q3 – – No
122 Southern Cultures 0.3 31st Q3 AHCI – No
123 Historisk Tidsskrift 0.3 30th Q3 AHCI – Yes
124 Balkan Studies Library 0.3 29th Q3 – – No
125 Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies 0.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
126 Temas Medievales 0.3 28th Q3 – – No
127 Journal of New Zealand Studies 0.3 27th Q3 ESCI – No
128 Journal of Posthuman Studies 0.3 27th Q3 ESCI – No
129 Alpha 0.2 26th Q3 AHCI – No
130 Eighteenth-Century Studies 0.2 26th Q3 AHCI – No
131 Academic Quarter 0.2 25th Q3 – – Yes
132 Central and Eastern Europe 0.2 24th Q4 – – No
133 Przeglad Wschodnioeuropejski 0.2 24th Q4 – – No
134 Journal of Transnational American Studies 0.2 23rd Q4 – – Yes
135 Shagi/ Steps 0.2 23rd Q4 – – Yes
136 Ambitos 0.2 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
137 Revista de Humanidades 0.2 22nd Q4 – – Yes
138 Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi 0.2 21st Q4 AHCI – No
139 Caravelle 0.2 20th Q4 AHCI – Yes
140 Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies 0.2 20th Q4 – – No
141 Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 0.2 19th Q4 AHCI – No
142 Sinica Leidensia 0.2 19th Q4 – – No
143 Studi Culturali 0.2 18th Q4 – – No
144 University of Toronto Quarterly 0.2 18th Q4 AHCI – No
145 I Quaderni del M.AE.S. 0.2 17th Q4 – – Yes
146 Digithum 0.2 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 ER(R)GO 0.2 16th Q4 – – Yes
148 Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress 0.2 15th Q4 – – No
149 Zutot 0.2 15th Q4 ESCI – No
150 Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University 0.2 14th Q4 – – No
151 Ad Limina 0.1 14th Q4 – – Yes
152 Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700 0.1 13th Q4 – – No
153 Nashim 0.1 12th Q4 ESCI – No
154 Nineteenth Century Prose 0.1 12th Q4 – – No
155 Romanic Review 0.1 12th Q4 ESCI – No
156 Esprit 0.1 11th Q4 AHCI – No
157 Intersezioni 0.1 10th Q4 ESCI – No
158 MDCCC 1800 0.1 10th Q4 – – Yes
159 Philobiblon 0.1 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
160 Journal of Japonisme 0.1 8th Q4 – – No
161 Taiwan Journal of East Asian Studies 0.1 8th Q4 ESCI – No
162 Teaching Artist Journal 0.1 8th Q4 ESCI – No
163 Biblos 0.1 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
164 Great Plains Quarterly 0.1 6th Q4 AHCI – No
165 Hungarian Studies 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
166 Eighteenth Century 0 5th Q4 AHCI – No
167 Dix-Huitieme Siecle 0 4th Q4 – – Yes
168 Reality and Hermeneutics 0 4th Q4 – – No
169 Eye - International Review of Graphic Design 0 2nd Q4 – – No
170 Queens Quarterly 0 2nd Q4 AHCI – No
171 Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia 0 2nd Q4 – – No
172 Southern Humanities Review 0 2nd Q4 AHCI – No
173 Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs 0 2nd Q4 – – No
174 Studies on the Interaction of Art, Thought and Power 0 2nd Q4 – – No
175 Themes in Islamic Studies 0 2nd Q4 – – No

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